Heart month 2026
LOVE YOUR HEART. WE DO.
February is American Heart Month. As a leader in heart disease prevention and treatment, Salinas Valley Health wants to make sure you stay active, educated and healthy. Here are heart-focused activities, events, videos, podcasts and resources for the month!
FREE Ask The Experts Presentation
Join our "Ask The Experts" presentation to gain insightful knowledge that empowers you to live well and prioritize your heart’s health.
Ask the Experts: Heart Health 101: Basics of Cardiovascular Diseases and Prevention
Cardiovascular diseases are a group of disorders of the heart and blood vessels which include coronary heart disease, peripheral artery disease, and congenital heart disease among others. Learn more about cardiovascular diseases.
Ask the Experts: Prevención de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares
Las enfermedades cardiovasculares son un grupo de trastornos del corazón y de los vasos sanguíneos que incluyen la enfermedad coronaria, la enfermedad arterial periférica entre otras. Aprenda más sobre las enfermedades cardiovasculares.
Ask The Experts Podcasts
In this podcast, cardiothoracic surgeon, Vincent DeFilippi, MD, discusses how the obesity epidemic is having an impact on heart disease.
En este podcast, el cirujano cardiotorácico, Vincent DeFilippi, MD, analiza como la epidemia de obesidad está teniendo un impacto en las enfermedades cardíacas.
World Class Cardiac Care at Salinas Valley Health
Roy Gobets says he is grateful for the continuum of world class cardiac care he has received at Salinas Valley Health. This is his story.
Other Events and Resources
Salinas Valley Health is a leader in heart disease prevention and treatment. Below are a few other heart-focused resources and events available to the community.
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Exercise Challenge
This community-wide wellness initiative encourages active participation in fitness classes, groups hikes and physical activity events offered throughout the community.
The challenge runs February 2 – March 1, 2026, is FREE and open to all.
For more information and to register visit salinasvalleyhealth.com/exercisechallenge.
Para leer esta información y aprender más sobre el Desafío de Ejercicio de Salinas Valley Health en español, visite salinasvalleyhealth.com/exercisechallenge.
Walk With A Doc
Join our physicians for a monthly walk and talk that will inspire and inform.
Saturday, February 7 at 9:00am Fort Ord National Monument, Badger Hills Trailhead Speaker: Cardiologist Tim Albert, MD, MHCM, Chief Clinical Officer, along with our cardiology care team.
Topic: Heart Health
To learn more about what the Walk With A Doc program is, click here.
Go Red For Women
Celebrate National Wear Red Day® with Go Red For Women on Friday, February 6, 2026 to help fight women’s No. 1 killer—heart disease. Join the movement nationwide and learn how you can honor women by going to www.goredforwomen.org.
February Red Hat Campaign
Every baby born at Salinas Valley Health during the month of February will go home with a handmade red hat, courtesy of our own dedicated hat making volunteers and the American Heart Association‘s Little Hats, Big Hearts campaign. This supports an effort to raise awareness of heart disease—the number one killer of Americans, and congenital heart defects, the most common type of birth defect in the country.
Heart Healthy Recipes
Nutrition and healthy eating habits are the cornerstone to a healthy heart. Make healthy eating a priority today and try a new and delicious recipe here.
Mended Hearts
Date: Tuesday, February 17 at 6:00pm
Location: Salinas Valley Health Downing Resource Center (located below the parking structure) Conference Rooms A&B
450 East Romie Lane, Salinas
Speaker: Christopher Oh, MD
Topic: Life - Quantity vs Quality, Why Can't I Have Both?!
Learn more about our heart care
Salinas Valley Health is a leader in heart disease prevention and treatment. To view a list of the awards we have earned for our cardiac care, click here. Find out more about our physicians and services at Cardiologists in Salinas, CA | Cardiac Care in Monterey County.
See a full list of events and activities here.
